Bone Maker (Paperback)

A small-town murder with secrets dark enough to ruin everyone involved…

Will Finch, a San Francisco crime reporter, is drawn to a small Oregon town where a murder exposes dangerous secrets. The local sheriff controls the town with an iron grip, determined to block Finch’s investigation at every turn.

At the center of the case is the victim’s fiancée, a senator’s daughter, whose silence only deepens the mystery. As Finch follows the trail, he uncovers a web of corruption and betrayal stretching far beyond the wilderness. The truth could cost him everything.

Bone Maker is the first book in the Will Finch Mystery Thriller Series, inspired by true events. For readers who crave fast-paced mysteries and high-stakes investigations.

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Praise for the Will Finch Mystery Thriller Series

★★★★★ First-rate storytelling. This is the first of four Will Finch novels. I plan on purchasing all of them.

★★★★★ This is a great story that had me guessing the whole time.

★★★★★ The story is far beyond super... A gripping and believable saga.

★★★★★ A blockbuster book, a heart-wrenching story, a must-read novel.

★★★★★ Don't start this book unless you are prepared to read the next two, and then the fourth book ― because that is what you will want to do!

★★★★★ A story I won't forget any time soon. I loved it!!!

In 2015 D. F. (Don) Bailey published The Finch Trilogy ― Bone Maker, Stone Eater, Lone Hunter ― three novels narrated from the point-of-view of a crime reporter in contemporary San Francisco. Following the trilogy’s success, Second Life (2017) launched a new saga based on the characters introduced in the first three books. The series prequel, Five Knives, came out in 2018. The Finch chronicle continues with Open Chains (2019), Run Time (2020), and White Sphere (2022).His first psychological thriller, Fire Eyes, was a W.H. Smith First Novel Award finalist. His second novel, Healing the Dead, was translated into German as Todliche Ahnungen. The Good Lie (2008) is set in his adopted hometown, Victoria. His fourth novel, Exit from America, appeared in 2013. Following his birth in Montreal, Don’s family moved around North America from rural Ontario to New York City to Mississippi and New Jersey. “After years of seeking the ideal place to live,” he says, “I finally landed on my feet on Vancouver Island ― where I live next to the Salish Sea in the city of Victoria.” For twenty-two years he worked at the University of Victoria where he taught creative writing and journalism and coordinated the Professional Writing Cooperative Education Program ― which he co-founded. From time to time he also freelanced as a business writer and journalist. In the fall of 2010, Don left the university so that, “I could turn my pre-occupation with writing into a full-blown obsession.” An Amazon bestselling author, he’s also a ManyBooks.com Book-of-The-Month Award winner and a Whistler Independent Book Award finalist.